letters

Did Lucy Duff-Gordon write this book?

What an exciting addition to ET! Many thanks to Mr. Carvalho and to Shelley for submitting these. I feel as though I am at the rail with Boxhall as he views what is left of the Titanic. Plus, I was amused at how he was sea-sick as a young boy. All in all, it was fascinating reading. Mike

The thread about passengers and how much is known about them got me thinking about the letter Jack Thayer wrote to Milton Long's parents after the disaster. I've only seen a full version of it in Michael Davie's book, and there's some mention of it in ANTR (I think). Where does the original copy...

A letter and two postcards written by second class passenger Frederick Banfield to his wife Cecilia are up for sale on 2nd April. Would these be at BTS 2004, I wonder? http://www.femail.co.uk/pages/standard/article.html?in_article_id=208697&in_page_id=2 Cheers, Boz

A letter written aboard the Titanic by a cross-channel passenger is expected to fetch £20,000 at Tennant's auction in Leyburn, North Yorkshire on 25th February. The letter was written by Alice Lennox-Conyngham to her nephew Master Alan C Duff and even mentions the weather being "chilly"...

A 17-page letter from Lights to his wife is to go on sale in December. 30 grand and it's yours! http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13566840_method=full_siteid=50143_headline=-TITANIC--THE-LAST-MOMENTS-name_page.html Cheers, Boz

According to the crew on Mount Temple, they saw a small vessel, made from wood, with a black and white funnel. A few hours later the Carpathia, when at the scene of the accident at daybreak, reported seeing a similar ship, though it was now sailing away. A world wide search for this ship was...

After watching/reading/looking at information that has been done on the discovery of the so called Titanic at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, how do we know for certain that it was the Titanic? Speculation in 1912 and even today that the ship that may be at the bottom is her sister ship...

Hello: Just thought I would share this very rare piece of Cunard Line history with you. (As I purchased several of these a few years back) The following images are of a July 6, 1850 Letter of Exchange /Check. What makes this item very rare and very interesting is: 1.) It was issued...

I have heard that Captain Smith has written in 1907 a letter in which he stated, that his life as a sailor was dull, he hasn't seen any wreckages nor did he had any. a) Is this right? b) Does anybody know a source where I could read the letter?

Has anyone ever seen the pictures of the name TITANIC on the wreck of the bow? If anyone has the picture, could they post it because its something I would like to see. Thanks Greg.

To everyone interested in the Lusitania, the Pritchard letters, available from The Imperial War Museum are a must have. After hope of recovering his body had likely been lost, the mother of second class passenger Richard Preston Pritchard began writing to seemingly every survivor she could...

I do not recall if this subject has been touched upon before but does anyone know what became of the letters written to WSL by relatives and friends of those aboard, seeking information as to their fate and whether or not they had actually sailed? There must be/ have been, files in several...

Post & Tele Museum in Copenhagen are currently planning an exhibition on the Titanic which will open on the 4th of October 2001. We therefore seek original postcards or letters send from the Titanic by Danish passengers, which we would like to exhibit. If any of you has something of interest for...

This one's up for grabs. But I bet someone like Phil Gowan or anyone affiliated with the Posted Aboard RMS Titanic Exhibit knows this. I was having dinner with the totally awesome wife of one of the posters on this site and she posed the question: Does anyone know how many letters were posted...

All, Does anyone know anything about the recent sale of Seaman Jones' letters (I assume these were to or from the Countess of Rothes?), the watch the Countess gave him, and the letters of Roberta Maioni, Lady Rothes' maid? The Henry Aldridge Galleries sold these items back in '99. I wonder who...

I have a signed letter from Archibald Butts when he was in the Phillippines, dated 1908 or 1909. It was written to a distant cousin whose husband had been killed in the US Army there. I am not sure I want to part with it, but how would I determine its worth? Any ideas. Joe R. Goss...

I have finally gotten around to posting this remarkable collection in an easy-to-access format. They were my first posting on the ET board back in Sept.-the night my Dad died- and a remarkable insight into the Captain and Mrs. Smith as real people. The sequence is easy to follow by clicking on...

I found this on the net and thought people might find this letter interesting to read. ========================================================== TITLE: On Board the R.M.S. "Carpathia" SOURCE: Antiques & Collecting Magazine 105 no2 24-5 Ap 2000 Mr. Robert Dalby of Merrillville...

Hi all, I thought you might be interested in this article: RMS Titanic, Inc. Uncovers Letter Written by Titanic Passenger 'I Wish the 'Titanic' Were Lying on the Bottom of the Ocean.' -- Edgar Samuel Andrew, Titanic Passenger, April 8, 1912 ATLANTA, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Eighty-nine years...